Development of a Robust Method for Isolation of Shiga Toxin-Positive Escherichia coli (STEC) from Fecal, Plant, Soil and Water Samples from a Leafy Greens Production Region in California

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cooley, Michael B ^a   Jay Russell, Michele ^b   Atwill, Edward R ^b   Carychao, Diana ^a   Nguyen, Kimberly ^a   Quiñones, Beatriz ^a   Patel, Ronak ^c   Walker, Samarpita ^a   Swimley, Michelle ^a   Pierre Jerome, Edith ^d   Gordus, Andrew G ^e   Mandrell, Robert E ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c USD ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus and Dates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN; DRINKING WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; WASTE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DEER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIN GENE; INCIDENCE; INTIMIN GENE; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RED DEER; SEDIMENT; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOIL ANALYSIS; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; SUBTILASE GENE; SWINE; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHYLOGENY; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER;

AVES; BOS; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; DRINKING WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; O ANTIGENS; PHYLOGENY; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; VEGETABLES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84878784789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065716     Document Type: Article

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